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Hawaiian Children's Games

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46. Hu-a ko pa - SOAP-BUBBLES

[Page 222] Soap-bubble blowing is an amusement of children.

Ko-pa is the Hawaiian pronunciation of soap.

35. Ho pu ho-pu-na-lo and 36. Le-le-pi-nau.

DRAGONFLY-CATCHING
[Page 219] Children catch dragonflies, pi-nau, in a
net, crying out the number, one, two, three, four, and so on, as they catch
them. The one who first gets ten wins. All then stop, and putting the
dragonflies in their handkerchiefs, count "one, two, three," and release them.

DRAGONFLY-FLYINGChildren catch
dragonflies and tie them to a string to see which can fly farthest.

28. Pai-pai-li-ma - HAND-CLAPPING

[Page 216] Two persons stand opposite each other and clap their hands in the same manner
as played by children in the United States. The movements are as follows:

both clap hands

clap left hands

clap hands

clap right hands

clap hands

clap each other's hands, and then repeat.

This is described as a girls' game. They sing, keeping time to the play.